Using LEGO bricks to represent the population distribution on the planet, along with discs from a game of Othello to represent child mortality and rates and carbon emissions, Hans Rosling, a Swedish doctor and Professor of International Health, explains the current and future state of population growth and climate change, showing us where we are…

The new AQA GCSE topic on ecosystems looks at the impacts of the reintroduction of the grey wolf to the Yellowstone ecosystem. Read, watch and answer the question! When Yellowstone National Park was created in 1872, gray wolf (Canis lupus) populations were already in decline in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. However, the creation of the…

Year 3 students, time to learn something new, time to use a free web tool which helps to present information in an interactive and creative way. ThingLink makes your images interactive by adding notes, links, another images and even YouTube videos on top of them. Download the presentation for the lesson on ‘Why people live…

USE OF THINGLINK FOR LEARNING An example of a small scale eco-system: Epping Forest, UK (example of deciduous forest) STEP 1– Find an image of Epping Forest Ecosystem as the ‘background’ image. STEP 2-Find images and prepare text to be added to each of them: a)Location of Epping forest (i) Image: Location map of Epping…